diff --git a/content/blog/wk5day3.md b/content/blog/wk5day3.md index 64b82d2..5395abb 100644 --- a/content/blog/wk5day3.md +++ b/content/blog/wk5day3.md @@ -1,7 +1,99 @@ --- -title: "Week 5, Wednesday:" +title: "Week 5, Wednesday: Equinexit: kthxbyeeee" date: 2024-08-28T21:55:00+02:00 -draft: true --- -{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}} +{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/melodicairwave.png" alt="Credit: Melodical Airwave, Youtube" >}} + +I'm quite excited for today. My buddy Fred, who owns and runs [[IP-Max](https://ip-max.net/)] is +moving out of all Equinix facilities, as there are better alternatives out there. I'll leave the +details for another time, but let's just say that every one of the alternatives have less billing +mistakes, and I'll leave it at that. + +Today I'm doing Fred a favor and exiting AS25091 from Equinix ZH4. As long as I've known IP-Max, +which is about 18 years now, they have been at Equinix in Zurich. First they were at ZH2, the office +building across the road, then as well ZH4, since maybe 2008 or so? and finally they had a big +presence in ZH5 in Oberengstringen, which Fred and I ceremoniously exited a few months ago. + +Ludo and Fred have been absolute champions in this project: they have facilitated moves of every +customer, all international links, all domestic links, and all dark fibers in the Zurich metro. The +very last link (with Colt, once called Lumen, once called Level3, once called Centurylink) was +supposed to be delivered between Lugano and Rülang yesterday, but after much ado there was +only light on one side. It doesn't matter though, that link is a second 10G link to Lugano, and +there's another one from Geneva; so no customers will really notice those few days of slightly +higher latency LUG->GVA->ZRH reroute, so we agree that I can proceed. + +Becaue ZH4 has terrible parking, as it's right in the middle of the city at Hardbrücke, I +decide to do the first half of the decomm by bike; I go over there, and disconnect / decommission +the links and power off the routers and switches; there are two ASR9001 routers here, and some +ancillary equipment which I unscrew and put at the bottom of the rack. All the fibers and power +cables will go in a big bag which I'll bike back home. Then, when it's not the middle of the day and +parking is constrained, I'll go back by car with a trolly to pick up the 19" equipment and the +PDUs. Sounds like a plan, let's go! + +My bike ride to and from the Josefstrasse 225 is delicious. It's not too warm, the air is crisp and +dry, and the Sun is out. One of the reasons why I like helping IP-Max like this with their presence +in Zurich, is that I get to enjoy a bike ride to the datacenters -- which is often _faster_ than by +car, because of the absurd traffic situation around Zurich City. My bike ride is about 20min or so, +and when I come back, a treat awaits me. + +Marina and Nicole have made flat bread with sloppy-joe-esque meatballs and sautéed onions. +They are absolutely fabulous, although I omnomm my meatballs with a Bürli instead. After the +belly is full, I feel it's time for me to maybe do a bit of sportsing. I (very easily) convince +Jean-Paul to take a walk with me. It's a loop around Bassersdorf, and I know of a cute hiking trail +through the forest on a ridge just a few kilometers west of here. We really enjoy the walk together, +even though some of it is a bit more of a _Pim-pad_ (which is Marina's way of saying "not a trail" +although I just march through the thicket just as if it _is_ a trail). + +We start off by visitng the _Floof chickens_, a common evening stroll. They are actually here for +once! Which is probably because we are here at 2pm rather than at 8pm, which for them at least, +makes all the difference. From there, we catch the trail on the ridge in Baltenswil and walk North +through the _Langentannen_ forest and all the way around the north side of Bassersdorf (two hilltops +here are _Mülberg_ at 524m, followed by _Homberg_ at 527m), until we can see the Kloten +international airport. It's really nice because it's all at relatively high elevation, on the rim of +the valley where our villages lie, with beautiful views. From a vantage point over Bassersdorf, we +look to the other side of this valley, some 10km due West of where we are, and plot a path through +the valley to the other wise, where the _Hardwald_ forest is. + +I should get up here more. It's so peaceful and serene, looking over the valley from up here. We +plot a path through Bassersdorf and aim for _Hardturm_, a wooden lookout tower over there in +_Hardwald_ forest in Dietlikon, and make our way over there. Along the way we hear the kids playing +at the municipal pool, then we visit the local highschool before we make our way over to the other +wide of the valley and up the hills towards Dietlikon. Here, we end up not going to the tower, as +it's still a few kilometers away, and instead I aim for the local radio tower in Dietlikon, and from +there it's a very known walk (for me at least), back down over _Klimm_ which has a nice set of ponds +and family gardens, and through Dietlikon back home. In total we did 13km or so, and it was +wonderful, albeit my feet were a bit more sore than I would've hope. I would not have lasted 400km +like my buddy Brad (who is hiking _Kungsleden_ in Sweden, which is some 480km long trail!). I think +of Brad, and send him a message on Signal asking him how his mental and physical health is, as he is +almost done and Cristina is joining him for the last 80km or so. He's in great spirits, and I'm part +jealous part grateful for him to be able to get to do such a trip. I will join you next time, Brad! + +In the evening we made a reservation at the local eatery _Rössli_, and we sit outside in the +residual heat of the day; we order some nice grub, notably the local favorite _Tartar_, which is +hand sliced (raw) beef filet on toast. I eat a _Schnipo_ which is a veal schnitzel with fries. After +the dinner, Jean Paul and I enjoy a glass of Grappa, and manage to kill the bottle. + +It's been a good day. The Swiss Equinexit is now a fact. + + +## Pictures of the Day + +{{< gallery-category >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0865.JPG" caption="I am using my badge to this datacenter for the ~last time." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0871.JPG" caption="The bikeride home from the datacenter is through the fields and alongside a little river; it's a beautiful bikeride. " >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0872.JPG" caption="The lunch of the day is meatballs, with tomato and sauteed onions, on Bürrli" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0873.JPG" caption="JP and I visit the floof chickens at the beginning of our hike around Bassersdorf." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0874.JPG" caption="JP marches through the forest in search of the trailhead on the ridge between Bassersdorf and Tagelswangen" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0878.JPG" caption="A selfie at the top of the hill, overlooking our valley with Bassersdorf below us and Dietlikon on the far side of the valley." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0879.JPG" caption="We found a kitty! And we petted it :)" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0881.JPG" caption="After hiking 9km or so, my hands fill with fluid, maybe also because it's 33C out; I can't really close my fist right now, but I'm sure it'll pass." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/walk.png" caption="Our ring around Bassersdorf, 13km or so in total." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0886.JPG" caption="Apero: nicely made Aperol Spritz" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0890.JPG" caption="Dinner - buffalo mozarella with beefy tomatoes, much like yesterday." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0892.JPG" caption="Dinner - Beef Tartar, with toast, egg and red onion." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0893.JPG" caption="I click a few trillion cookies for Quinn." >}} +{{< /gallery-category >}} + +{{< gallery-modal >}} +{{< gallery-script >}} diff --git a/content/gallery.md b/content/gallery.md index f14256d..799feda 100644 --- a/content/gallery.md +++ b/content/gallery.md @@ -312,6 +312,19 @@ menu: {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-27/IMG_0860.JPG" caption="Our local Landesheim turns 150 years old this month. So much culture in such a tiny village!" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-27/IMG_0862.JPG" caption="The kitty wants to be petted, except she does not want you to pet her." >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-27/IMG_0863.JPG" caption="Cole Sprouse also has a kitty (a stowaway just like him)" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0865.JPG" caption="I am using my badge to this datacenter for the ~last time." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0871.JPG" caption="The bikeride home from the datacenter is through the fields and alongside a little river; it's a beautiful bikeride. " >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0872.JPG" caption="The lunch of the day is meatballs, with tomato and sauteed onions, on Bürrli" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0873.JPG" caption="JP and I visit the floof chickens at the beginning of our hike around Bassersdorf." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0874.JPG" caption="JP marches through the forest in search of the trailhead on the ridge between Bassersdorf and Tagelswangen" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0878.JPG" caption="A selfie at the top of the hill, overlooking our valley with Bassersdorf below us and Dietlikon on the far side of the valley." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0879.JPG" caption="We found a kitty! And we petted it :)" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0881.JPG" caption="After hiking 9km or so, my hands fill with fluid, maybe also because it's 33C out; I can't really close my fist right now, but I'm sure it'll pass." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/walk.png" caption="Our ring around Bassersdorf, 13km or so in total." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0886.JPG" caption="Apero: nicely made Aperol Spritz" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0890.JPG" caption="Dinner - buffalo mozarella with beefy tomatoes, much like yesterday." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0892.JPG" caption="Dinner - Beef Tartar, with toast, egg and red onion." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-28/IMG_0893.JPG" caption="I click a few trillion cookies for Quinn." >}} {{< /gallery-category >}} ### Playing with OBS sound (August 8th) diff --git a/static/img/fullsize/2024-08-28/IMG_0865.JPG b/static/img/fullsize/2024-08-28/IMG_0865.JPG new file mode 100644 index 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